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pyrmontguy
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Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:12 pm
I'll start studying Bachelor in Nursing (Graduate Entry) on February, 2012. To support myself, I want to work part-time as caregiver in nursing homes when my nursing course starts. My question is this: As a first year nursing student, can I work in nursing homes? Am I still required to complete Certificate 3 in Aged Care? Thanks.
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casablanca
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Dec 04, 2011, 07:17 pm
I work at a nursing home...we have heaps of 'nursing students' at work..and no u dont need to do your cert 3....
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pyrmontguy
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Dec 06, 2011, 06:42 am
hi casablanca, are any of these "nursing students" in your workplace in their first year nursing? thanks
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Debb
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Dec 13, 2011, 10:37 am
Some homes do require it and some don't. Just ask them. I would think that nursing students, whatever year they are studying, would be highly desirable in these places, but that's just my opinion.
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Rellish
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Dec 13, 2011, 01:31 pm
Where will you be studying?
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pyrmontguy
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Dec 16, 2011, 06:38 pm
Hi Rellish, I will be studying at Univ of Queensland...just got an early round offer 2 days ago. Ecstatic !.....Now I need to find a part-time job in an aged care facility.
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Long_haul
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Dec 20, 2011, 11:04 pm
Keep an open mind and you may be able to expand your employment horizons and experience. Check out support workers (carers) agencies, such as Staffing Options.
You can find a position with them that can encompass the basics of nursing, with no certificates or experience at all.
I have none, and am now taking care of a coma pt, which includes administering meds, feeding via a peg, monitoring of o2, temp and heart rate and suctioning lungs and chest- using a machine and cath which nurses in the wards have never seen before, as they are only used in some ICU's. When the pt is hospitalised (not in ICU), we are still his main carers over the nurses.
Other employees I work with are nursing students- one completed her BNUR last year and is still working where I am as a 2nd job, as she loves it. She has told me that a lot of the subjects will cover what I am already doing every day and that I will find I have a more indepth knowledge than is given during lectures (she was churning out HD assignments in 30 minutes, while on shift, because she already had the knowledge of the subjects and was at ease with them, compared to someone that is new to it all and is uncertain due to never having seen anything in practise).
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Debb
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Dec 21, 2011, 10:41 am
Last edited Dec 21, 2011, 10:41 am
update #1
Wow, HD assignments in 30 minutes during work hrs, sounds like a dream to me...
I pray to God I do that well!!! Also, agree that working in the industry, in whatever capacity, does give you an 'edge', as in being able to relate to what you're being taught. And working night shift during my Diploma course, enabled me to spend time researching medical conditions, abbreviations (invaluable), and plans of care of the residents, all of which came in really handy!
modified: Wednesday 21 December 2011 10:44:34 am - Debb
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Long_haul
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Dec 21, 2011, 02:16 pm
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update #2
I love night shift, Debb! It's quiet, and being able to open the curtains to watch the sun rise and the chirping of the birds starting up in the mornings is great. And speaking of that, I should be taking a sleeping tablet soon so I get enough sleep to make it through tonight :P
modified: Wednesday 21 December 2011 2:16:53 pm - Long_haul
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Debb
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Dec 22, 2011, 03:18 pm
I used to love nightshifts, Longhaul, when I was employed at another facility. Plenty of time to study. The place I'm at now is really busy at night. 60 residents (high, low and dementia), but only 2 PCs, one of whom stays in dementia unit until I take over at midnight, and me, the EEN in charge. I go over to dementia and the 2nd PC comes to do the round with the first PC, then has their break, while I stay in the main part on my own until about 3 - 3.30. The buzzers go ALL night, some residents NEVER sleep! It's nice that it's summer though, cause at least the sun is up at 0400. I've been doing a lot of PM shifts, which I'm preferring, cause it's sooo nice to go home to bed and then not have to get up early in the morning (when it's school holidays, of course) The only thing I didn't like about the other facility, where I worked as an AIN, was the amount of showers we were expected to do before the morning staff came on at 0645. If you hadn't got about 5 -6 residents out of bed and showered by then, they were not happy! And management turned a blind eye to the fact that we must have been pulling people out of bed before 0600, which is apparently against the law!
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